RANGE CAN’T HOLD ON, SPRINGFIELD STORMS BACK VICTORIOUS

NEW MIDDLETOWN, OH- A walk-off left the South Range Raiders on the wrong end of a 9-8 defeat to Springfield on Saturday. The game was tied at eight with Springfield batting in the bottom of the tenth when Jarrett Orbin singled on the first pitch of the at-bat, scoring one run.

Raiders fired up the offense in the first inning, when Ben Rivera doubled on a 3-2 count, scoring two runs.

The real story came in the bottom of the seventh inning, Springfield tied things up at eight when Aj Stallsmith doubled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run. Springfield scored four runs in the seventh inning. Springfield big bats were led by Chris Thompson and Stallsmith, who each had RBIs in the inning.

Adam Kawecki led things off on the hill for Springfield. He allowed nine hits and eight runs over four innings, walking zero.